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| image = Jon Amiel Creation TIFF09 (Cropped1).jpg
| caption = Amiel at the [[2009 Toronto International Film Festival]] for the premier of ''Creation''
| caption = Amiel at the [[2009 Toronto International Film Festival]] for the premier of ''Creation''
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1948|05|20|df=yes}}
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| birth_place = [[London]], England
| occupation = Film director
| occupation = Film director
| years_active = 1977–present
| years_active = 1977–present
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'''Jon Amiel''' (born 20 May 1948) is an English director who has worked in film and television in both the UK and the US. After receiving a [[British Academy Television Award|BAFTA Award]] nomination for the [[BBC]] series ''[[The Singing Detective]]'' (1986), he went on to direct films, including ''[[Sommersby]]'' (1993), [[Copycat (film)|''Copycat'']] (1995), [[Entrapment (film)|''Entrapment'']] (1999)<ref>{{Cite web|title=BAFTA Awards|url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/1987/television/drama-series|website=awards.bafta.org|access-date=2020-05-01}}</ref> and ''[[The Core]]'' (2003).
'''Jon Amiel''' (born 20 May 1948)<ref name="AllMovie"/> is an English director who has worked in film and television in both the UK and the US. After receiving a [[British Academy Television Award|BAFTA Award]] nomination for the [[BBC]] series ''[[The Singing Detective]]'' (1986), he went on to direct films, including ''[[Sommersby]]'' (1993), [[Copycat (1995 film)|''Copycat'']] (1995), [[Entrapment (film)|''Entrapment'']] (1999),<ref name="bafta1987">{{Cite web |title=BAFTA Awards 1987 |url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/1987/television/drama-series |website=awards.bafta.org |access-date=1 May 2020}}</ref> ''[[The Core]]'' (2003) and ''[[Creation (2009 film)| Creation]]'' (2009).


== Biography ==
==Biography==
Amiel was born in London, to parents who grew up in the East End of London.<ref name="background">{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/09/10/movies/film-jon-amiel-tracks-life-in-the-dreamy-lane.html |title=Film; Jon Amiel Tracks Life in the Dreamy Lane |first=Ellen |last=Pall |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |page=2{{hyphen}}19 |date=1989-09-10 |access-date=2021-05-20}}</ref> Amiel's grandparents were immigrants Isaac and Mary Amiel – [[Poles|Polish]] and [[Russian Jews]].<ref name="background"/> He attended the [[William Ellis School]] in [[Highgate]], before studying English literature at [[Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge]], graduating in 1969. It was while at Cambridge that he became involved with local theatre, and after college he went on to direct for the [[Royal Shakespeare Company]].
Amiel was born in London, to parents who grew up in the East End of London.<ref name="background">{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/09/10/movies/film-jon-amiel-tracks-life-in-the-dreamy-lane.html |title=Film; Jon Amiel Tracks Life in the Dreamy Lane |first=Ellen |last=Pall |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |page=2{{hyphen}}19 |date=10 September 1989 |access-date=20 May 2021}}</ref> Amiel's grandparents were immigrants Isaac and Mary Amiel – [[Polish people|Polish]] and [[Russian Jews]].<ref name="background" /> He attended [[William Ellis School]] in [[Highgate]], before studying English literature at [[Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge]], graduating in 1969. It was while at Cambridge that he became involved with local theatre, and after college he went on to direct for the [[Royal Shakespeare Company]].


After having worked as a story editor for the BBC, he directed the documentary ''[[The Silent Twins]]'', and was chosen to direct the [[Dennis Potter]] serial ''[[The Singing Detective]]'', for which he was [[BAFTA]] nominated. He made his feature film debut in 1989 with [[Queen of Hearts (1989 film)|''Queen of Hearts'']].
After having worked as a story editor for the BBC, he directed the documentary ''[[The Silent Twins]]'', and was chosen to direct the [[Dennis Potter]] serial ''[[The Singing Detective]]'', for which he was [[BAFTA]] nominated. He made his feature film debut in 1989 with [[Queen of Hearts (1989 film)|''Queen of Hearts'']].


His most notable film is 1993's [[romantic drama]] ''[[Sommersby]]'', starring [[Jodie Foster]] and [[Richard Gere]]. The film was a critical and commercial success, grossing $140 million worldwide.
One of his most notable films is 1993's [[romantic drama]] ''[[Sommersby]]'', starring [[Jodie Foster]] and [[Richard Gere]]. The film was a critical and commercial success, grossing $140 million worldwide.


==Filmography==
Amiel currently lives in [[Santa Monica]] with his wife, Tara, and their two sons, Luke and Max. He also has another son, an aspiring screenwriter, called Leo.
===Film===

== Filmography ==
=== Film ===
'''Director'''
'''Director'''
* [[Queen of Hearts (1989 film)|''Queen of Hearts'']] (1989)
* ''[[Queen of Hearts (1989 film)|Queen of Hearts]]'' (1989)
* ''[[Tune in Tomorrow]]'' (1990)
* ''[[Tune in Tomorrow]]'' (1990)
* ''[[Sommersby]]'' (1993)
* ''[[Sommersby]]'' (1993)
* [[Copycat (film)|''Copycat'']] (1995)
* ''[[Copycat (1995 film)|Copycat]]'' (1995)
* ''[[The Man Who Knew Too Little]]'' (1997)
* ''[[The Man Who Knew Too Little]]'' (1997)
* [[Entrapment (film)|''Entrapment'']] (1999)
* ''[[Entrapment (film)|Entrapment]]'' (1999)
* ''[[The Core]]'' (2003)
* ''[[The Core]]'' (2003)
* [[Creation (2009 film)|''Creation'']] (2009)
* ''[[Creation (2009 film)|Creation]]'' (2009)
* ''[[Masterwork]]''<ref>{{Citation|title=Masterwork|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1899239/|access-date=2020-05-01}}</ref> (TBA)


'''Producer'''
'''Producer'''
* ''[[Simply Irresistible (film)|Simply Irresistible]]'' (1999)
* ''[[Simply Irresistible (film)|Simply Irresistible]]'' (1999)


=== Television ===
===Television===
''' TV shows'''
'''TV movies'''
* ''Dear Janet Rosenberg, Dear Mister Kooning'' (1977)
* ''Busted'' (1983)
* ''[[Romance/Romance]]'' (1983)
* ''The Last Evensong'' (1985)
* ''[[Deliverance Creek]]'' (2014) (Also executive producer)

'''TV series'''
{|class="wikitable"
{|class="wikitable"
|-
|-
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! Title
! Title
! Director
! Director
! Executive<br>Producer
! Executive<br />producer
! Notes
! Notes
|-
|-
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| 2 episodes
| 2 episodes
|-
|-
| 1982–1983
| 1982-1983
| ''[[Play for Today]]''
| ''[[Play for Today]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
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|-
|-
| 1985
| 1985
| ''[[Tandoori Nights]]''
| ''[[Tandoori Nights]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
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|-
|-
|rowspan=2| 1986
|rowspan=2| 1986
| ''[[Screen Two]]''
| ''[[Screen Two]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| Episode "[[The Silent Twins]]"
| Episode "The Silent Twins"
|-
|-
| ''[[The Singing Detective]]''
| ''[[The Singing Detective]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| Miniseries
| Mini-Series
|-
|-
| 1988
| 1988
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| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| Episode "[[The Luck Child]]"
| Episode "The Luck Child"
|-
|-
|rowspan=2| 2005
|rowspan=2| 2005
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| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| Episode "[[Pilot]]"
| Episode "Pilot"
|-
|-
| ''[[Reunion (TV series)|Reunion]]''
| ''[[Reunion (American TV series)|Reunion]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
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| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| Episode "[[For Whom the Bells Toll]]"
| Episode "For Whom the Bells Toll"
|-
|-
| 2008
| 2008
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| 2 episodes
| 2 episodes
|-
|-
| 2012–2013
| 2012-2013
| ''[[The Borgias]]''
| ''[[Borgia (TV series)|The Borgias]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
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| Episode "Pilot"
| Episode "Pilot"
|-
|-
| 2013–2015
| 2013-2015
| ''[[Once Upon a Time (TV series)|Once Upon a Time]]''
| ''[[Once Upon a Time (TV series)|Once Upon a Time]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
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| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| Episode "[[Giant]]"
| Episode "Giant"
|-
|-
|rowspan=3| 2015
|rowspan=3| 2015
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| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| Episode "[[Todos Santos]]" (Credited as "[[Jonathan Amiel]]")
| Episode "Todos Santos" (Credited as "Jonathan Amiel")
|-
|-
| ''[[Wicked City (TV series)|Wicked City]]''
| ''[[Wicked City (TV series)|Wicked City]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| Episode "[[Heat Wave]]"
| Episode "Heat Wave"
|-
|-
| 2015–2016
| 2015-2016
| ''[[Aquarius]]''
| ''[[Aquarius (U.S. TV series)|Aquarius]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
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|-
|-
| 2016
| 2016
| ''[[Marco Polo (TV series)|Marco Polo]]''
| ''[[Marco Polo (2014 TV series)|Marco Polo]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| 2 episodes
| 2 episodes
|-
|-
| 2016–2017
| 2016-2017
| ''[[Outsiders (American TV series)|Outsiders]]''
| ''[[Outsiders (American TV series)|Outsiders]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
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| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| Episode "[[The Cut]]"
| Episode "The Cut"
|-
|-
| ''[[Wisdom of the Crowd]]''
| ''[[Wisdom of the Crowd]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| Episode "[[Machine Learning]]"
| Episode "Machine Learning"
|-
|-
| 2018
| 2018
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| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| Mini-series;<br>Episode "[[Matters of Life and Death]]"
| Episode "Matters of Life and Death"
|-
|-
|rowspan=2| 2019
|rowspan=2| 2019
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| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| Episode "[[Shaken]]"
| Episode "Shaken"
|-
|-
| ''[[Carnival Row]]''
| ''[[Carnival Row]]''
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| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| 2 episodes
| 2 episodes
|-
|-
| ''[[Lincoln Rhyme: Hunt for the Bone Collector]]''
| ''[[Lincoln Rhyme: Hunt for the Bone Collector]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| Episode "[[Original Sin]]"
| Episode "Original Sin"
|}

'''TV movies'''
{|class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Director
! Executive<br>Producer
|-
|-
| 1977
| 2021
| ''[[Dear Janet Rosenberg, Dear Mister Kooning]]''
| ''[[American Gods (TV series)|American Gods]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| Episode "A Winter's Tale"
|-
|-
|rowspan=2| 1983
|rowspan=2| 2022
| ''[[The Cleaning Lady (American TV series)|The Cleaning Lady]]''
| ''[[Busted]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| Episode "The Lion's Den"
|-
|-
| ''[[The Walking Dead (TV series)|The Walking Dead]]''
| ''[[Romance/Romance]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| 2 episodes
|-
| 1985
| ''[[The Last Evensong]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
|-
| 2014
| ''[[Deliverance Creek]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|-
|}
|}


== Ratings ==
==Awards==
*1987 BAFTA (British Academy Television Award) Nominee for Best Drama Series: ''The Singing Detective'' (1986)<ref name="bafta1987"/>
'''Film'''
*1989 Montréal World Film Festival *Winner* of Montréal First Film Prize: ''[[Queen of Hearts (1989 film)|Queen of Hearts]]''<ref>{{cite web |title=World Film Festival - Prizes 1989 |url=https://www.ffm-montreal.org/palmares/en_1989.html |website=www.ffm-montreal.org |access-date=31 December 2023}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
*1990 Paris Film Festival *Winner* of Grand Prix: ''Queen of Hearts''<ref>{{cite web |title=Jon Amiel - Awards |url=https://m.imdb.com/name/nm0000750/awards/ |website=IMDb |access-date=31 December 2023}}</ref>
|'''RATING'''
*1990 Deauville Film Festival *Winner* of Critics Award and Audience Award: ''[[Tune in Tomorrow]]''<ref>{{cite web |title=Tune in Tomorrow... (1990) Awards & Festivals |url=https://mubi.com/en/films/tune-in-tomorrow/awards |website=mubi.com |access-date=31 December 2023}}</ref>
|'''TITLE'''
*1996 Audience Award *Winner* at the Cognac Festival du Film Policier: ''[[Copycat (1995 film)|Copycat]]''<ref>{{cite web |title=Palmares : Festival du film policier de Cognac 1996 : récompenses, nominations |url=https://www.allocine.fr/festivals/festival-2983/edition-18355409/palmares/ |website=AlloCiné |access-date=31 December 2023 |language=fr}}</ref>
|'''CREDIT'''
|'''BOX OFFICE'''
|'''YEAR'''
|-
|50%
|Deliverance Creek
|''Director''
|—
|2014
|-
|46%
|Creation
|''Director''
|$0.4M
|2010
|-
|40%
|The Core
|''Director''
|$31.1M
|2003
|-
|38%
|Entrapment
|''Director'' ''Screenwriter''
|—
|1999
|-
|16%
|Simply Irresistible
|''Producer''
|—
|1999
|-
|41%
|The Man Who Knew Too Little
|''Director''
|—
|1997
|-
|78%
|Copycat
|''Director''
|—
|1995
|-
|62%
|Sommersby
|''Director''
|—
|1993
|-
|50%
|Tune in Tomorrow... (Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter)
|''Director''
|—
|1990
|}
'''TV'''
{| class="wikitable"
|'''RATING'''
|'''TITLE'''
|'''CREDIT'''
|'''YEAR'''
|-
|57%
|Carnival Row
|''Executive Producer''
|2019
|-
|76%
|Outsiders
|''Director'' ''Producer''
|2017

2016
|-
|77%
|Aquarius
|''Producer''
|2016
|-
|47%
|The Astronaut Wives Club
|''Director''
|2015
|-
|18%
|Wicked City
|''Director''
|2015
|-
|80%
|Once Upon a Time
|''Director''
|2015

2013
|-
|90%
|Halt and Catch Fire
|''Director''
|2014
|-
|85%
|The Borgias
|''Director''
|2013
|-
|73%
|Twisted
|''Director''
|2013
|-
|42%
|Reunion
|''Director'' ''Producer''
|2005
|-
|100%
|The Singing Detective
|''Director''
|1986
|-
|37%
|The Wedding Bells
|''Director''
|2007
|}

== Awards ==
1987 BAFTA (British Academy Television Award) Nominee for Best Drama Series: The Singing Detective (1986)

1996 Audience Award *Winner* at the Cognac Festival du Film Policier: [[Copycat (film)|Copycat]]

1990 Deauville Film Festival *Winner* of Critics Award and Audience Award: [[Tune in Tomorrow]]...

1989 Montréal World Film Festival *Winner* of Montréal First Film Prize: [[Queen of Hearts (1989 film)|Queen of Hearts]]

1990 Paris Film Festival *Winner* of Grand Prix: [[Queen of Hearts (1989 film)|Queen of Hearts]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jon Amiel|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000750/awards|publisher=IMDb|access-date=2020-05-01}}</ref>


== References ==
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{reflist}}


== External links ==
==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0000750|Jon Amiel}}
*{{IMDb name|0000750|Jon Amiel}}
* {{Cite web|title=Q&amp;A: Jon Amiel|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/qampa-jon-amiel-88697|website=The Hollywood Reporter|language=en}}


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Jon Amiel
Amiel at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival for the premier of Creation
Born (1948-05-20) 20 May 1948 (age 76)
London, England[1]
OccupationFilm director
Years active1977–present

Jon Amiel (born 20 May 1948)[1] is an English director who has worked in film and television in both the UK and the US. After receiving a BAFTA Award nomination for the BBC series The Singing Detective (1986), he went on to direct films, including Sommersby (1993), Copycat (1995), Entrapment (1999),[2] The Core (2003) and Creation (2009).

Biography

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Amiel was born in London, to parents who grew up in the East End of London.[3] Amiel's grandparents were immigrants Isaac and Mary Amiel – Polish and Russian Jews.[3] He attended William Ellis School in Highgate, before studying English literature at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, graduating in 1969. It was while at Cambridge that he became involved with local theatre, and after college he went on to direct for the Royal Shakespeare Company.

After having worked as a story editor for the BBC, he directed the documentary The Silent Twins, and was chosen to direct the Dennis Potter serial The Singing Detective, for which he was BAFTA nominated. He made his feature film debut in 1989 with Queen of Hearts.

One of his most notable films is 1993's romantic drama Sommersby, starring Jodie Foster and Richard Gere. The film was a critical and commercial success, grossing $140 million worldwide.

Filmography

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Film

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Director

Producer

Television

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TV movies

  • Dear Janet Rosenberg, Dear Mister Kooning (1977)
  • Busted (1983)
  • Romance/Romance (1983)
  • The Last Evensong (1985)
  • Deliverance Creek (2014) (Also executive producer)

TV series

Year Title Director Executive
producer 		Notes
1982 BBC2 Playhouse Yes No 2 episodes
1982–1983 Play for Today Yes No 2 episodes
1985 Tandoori Nights Yes No 5 episodes
1986 Screen Two Yes No Episode "The Silent Twins"
The Singing Detective Yes No Miniseries
1988 The Storyteller Yes No Episode "The Luck Child"
2005 Eyes Yes No Episode "Pilot"
Reunion Yes Yes Episode "1986"
2007 The Wedding Bells Yes Yes Episode "For Whom the Bells Toll"
2008 The Tudors Yes No 2 episodes
2012–2013 The Borgias Yes No 4 episodes
2013 Twisted Yes No Episode "Pilot"
2013–2015 Once Upon a Time Yes No 2 episodes
2014 Halt and Catch Fire Yes No Episode "Giant"
2015 The Astronaut Wives Club Yes No 2 episodes
Hemlock Grove Yes No Episode "Todos Santos" (Credited as "Jonathan Amiel")
Wicked City Yes No Episode "Heat Wave"
2015–2016 Aquarius Yes No 2 episodes
2016 Marco Polo Yes No 2 episodes
2016–2017 Outsiders Yes Yes 6 episodes
2017 Ice Yes No Episode "The Cut"
Wisdom of the Crowd Yes No Episode "Machine Learning"
2018 Seven Seconds Yes No Episode "Matters of Life and Death"
2019 Proven Innocent Yes No Episode "Shaken"
Carnival Row Yes No 2 episodes
2020 Spinning Out Yes No 2 episodes
Lincoln Rhyme: Hunt for the Bone Collector Yes No Episode "Original Sin"
2021 American Gods Yes No Episode "A Winter's Tale"
2022 The Cleaning Lady Yes No Episode "The Lion's Den"
The Walking Dead Yes No 2 episodes

Awards

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  • 1987 BAFTA (British Academy Television Award) Nominee for Best Drama Series: The Singing Detective (1986)[2]
  • 1989 Montréal World Film Festival *Winner* of Montréal First Film Prize: Queen of Hearts[4]
  • 1990 Paris Film Festival *Winner* of Grand Prix: Queen of Hearts[5]
  • 1990 Deauville Film Festival *Winner* of Critics Award and Audience Award: Tune in Tomorrow[6]
  • 1996 Audience Award *Winner* at the Cognac Festival du Film Policier: Copycat[7]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Jon Amiel Movies and Filmography". AllMovie. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
  2. ^ a b "BAFTA Awards 1987". awards.bafta.org. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  3. ^ a b Pall, Ellen (10 September 1989). "Film; Jon Amiel Tracks Life in the Dreamy Lane". The New York Times. p. 2-19. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  4. ^ "World Film Festival - Prizes 1989". www.ffm-montreal.org. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
  5. ^ "Jon Amiel - Awards". IMDb. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
  6. ^ "Tune in Tomorrow... (1990) Awards & Festivals". mubi.com. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
  7. ^ "Palmares : Festival du film policier de Cognac 1996 : récompenses, nominations". AlloCiné (in French). Retrieved 31 December 2023.
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